<jeffrey@vcfed.org> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 5:06 PM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
This caught my attention, because I likely have a clue about this tech.
http://www.retrotechnology.com/aux/iomega10.html
Are these the 'droids you are looking for?
Yes! They are the droids that I'm looking for! And FYI: Jedi mind tricks don't work with me ;)
First: the propositions, as stated by Jeff Brace:
Someone donated two 10x10 Bernoulli drives to VCF. They are in unknown condition. She gave us the manual, a cable and one cartridge. She wants to donate the remaining cartridges, but would like to supervise the deletion of the data they have on them. So we need one in working condition first.
and:
It is payroll data that the couple used for their business for many years, so it is quite sensitive. First: this appears to be a legal contract over property and services. Not that I'm a lawyer. VCFed Incorporated may wish to examine these terms, as Dave McGuire pointed out, and see if the Corporation wishes to engage in such contracts with clients. Hint. Hint.
Yes, Dave gave us some contract and we are looking to use it out of an abundance of caution.
Second: how many carts is this about, anyways? Ebay price - by luck I happened to look recently - some tens of dollars each. Point being: why spin all our wheels, just over a few carts? And: *are there any in the VCFed Inventory already*? Just a thought.
There are about 30 to 40 cartridges, maybe 50. I had them give me one for testing purposes because I'm pretty certain that VCF *doesn't* have any of these. Tony and the Inventory Committee would know better than me, but I have never seen any in the warehouse. Related: "two 10X10 drives" is ambiguous. Is it one cabinet with two
drives, as per my unit? That's my guess, and I show an example.
It is two cabinets with two drives per unit. So two units like the one that you have. One is labeled "working", but who knows when it was last working.
Third: I see no "data recovery" in these terms, as suggested in the chatter. Just data security. So: let the client keep the carts, if they choose to destroy them, that would be sad. But that solves the problem, no. further. fuss. needed. That's my recommendation.
She wanted to destroy the cartridges. I didn't have time to research how rare they were, so I asked if we could have them. Then she said that there was payroll data that she wanted deleted. She wanted to go through the data herself and delete it herself once we got the drives working. ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org